Tag Archives: children

United Nations | XINHUA | Education Cannot Wait (ECW), a UN-hosted global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, has reached nearly 3.5 million children and youth in many of the world’s worst humanitarian crises since its inception in 2016, an ECW report published on Tuesday shows. The report, …

United Nations | XINHUA | The COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption to education in history and prolonged school closures could further entrench inequalities in access to learning, UN chief Antonio Guterres said Tuesday, underlining the need for “bold steps” to address the crisis. Describing education as “the key …

San Francisco, US | XINHUA | Children who receive sustained treatment against common parasitic infections grow up to achieve a higher standard of living, with long-lasting health and economic benefits extending to communities, according to research released by the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) on Monday. The study, focusing …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Lead poisoning is affecting children on a massive and previously unknown scale, up to 800 million globally, said a study released on Thursday by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Pure Earth. “With few early symptoms, lead silently wreaks havoc on children’s health and development, …

Rome, Italy | XINHUA | The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is threatening access to food by some of the world’s most vulnerable — children, according to a new white paper written by the heads of four United Nations agencies, including the Rome-based UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The white paper, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Ministry has received 35 vehicles to boost the uptake of immunization services in the country. According to the Health Ministry, immunization services had dropped by 65 percent due to the failure of parents to take their children for immunization. Also, with the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two children homes in Mukono municipality are tracing and reuniting children with their families to reduce on the number of children in the homes. The homes which include Good Samaritan in Nasuuti and Kuza home in Seeta trading centre argue that they are running out …

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 28 teenage girls in Luweero district are stranded with children and pregnancies after they were neglected by men during the COVID-19 lockdown. The girls aged between 14-17 years are from sub-counties of Kamira, Bamunanika, Wobulenzi, Luweero and Makulubita. Seven are stuck with …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district COVID-19 taskforce is seeking to create a holding centre at Gulu Region Referral Hospital for treating children infected with COVID-19. Dozens of breastfeeding mothers who tested positive for the virus disease are undergoing treatment at the facility. Already one of the six …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Some 9.7 million children worldwide “could be forced out of school forever” by the end of this year, as a result of increasing poverty and budget cuts incurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, London-headquartered charity Save the Children warned Monday. In 12 countries, mainly in West …